Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Kentucky for 2008

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

Kentucky has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The CINCINNATI-WILMINGTON-MAYSVILLE, OH-KY-IN General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 17.57% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$29,502

$30,321

$31,141

$31,960

$32,780

$33,599

$34,419

$35,238

$36,058

$36,877

LEO-4

$33,123

$34,044

$34,964

$35,885

$36,805

$37,726

$38,646

$39,567

$40,488

$41,408

LEO-5

$38,080

$39,108

$40,137

$41,166

$42,195

$43,223

$44,252

$45,281

$46,310

$47,338

LEO-6

$40,157

$41,305

$42,452

$43,600

$44,747

$45,895

$47,042

$48,190

$49,337

$50,485

LEO-7

$43,348

$44,623

$45,897

$47,171

$48,446

$49,720

$50,995

$52,269

$53,544

$54,818

LEO-8

$45,185

$46,597

$48,009

$49,421

$50,833

$52,245

$53,657

$55,069

$56,481

$57,893

LEO-9

$48,347

$49,907

$51,467

$53,028

$54,588

$56,148

$57,708

$59,268

$60,828

$62,389

LEO-10

$53,242

$54,959

$56,677

$58,395

$60,112

$61,830

$63,548

$65,265

$66,983

$68,701

The Cincinnati locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: and other areas within the region.

Any federal employees in Kentucky who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 12.91% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$28,333

$29,119

$29,906

$30,693

$31,480

$32,267

$33,054

$33,841

$34,628

$35,415

LEO-4

$31,810

$32,694

$33,578

$34,462

$35,346

$36,231

$37,115

$37,999

$38,883

$39,767

LEO-5

$36,570

$37,558

$38,546

$39,534

$40,522

$41,510

$42,498

$43,486

$44,474

$45,462

LEO-6

$38,566

$39,668

$40,770

$41,872

$42,974

$44,076

$45,178

$46,280

$47,382

$48,484

LEO-7

$41,630

$42,854

$44,078

$45,302

$46,526

$47,750

$48,974

$50,198

$51,421

$52,645

LEO-8

$43,394

$44,750

$46,106

$47,462

$48,818

$50,174

$51,530

$52,886

$54,242

$55,598

LEO-9

$46,431

$47,929

$49,427

$50,926

$52,424

$53,922

$55,421

$56,919

$58,417

$59,916

LEO-10

$51,131

$52,781

$54,431

$56,080

$57,730

$59,379

$61,029

$62,679

$64,328

$65,978

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Hopkinsville, Lexington-Fayette, Lexington, Fort Knox, and other areas within the region.